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. nitrogen. For burning the carbon of the said detonation.

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FJPECIEFIGATEQZY formingpart of Letters Patent 3T0. "792,511; dated June 113, lie/"3362.

.Zlpplioation filed August 10, 190 3. Eerie! No. 220,226. I

1'0 will whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anonru FRANK, e subjeot of theKing of Prussia German Emperor,

residing Eerlinerstresse' 26, Ulinrlottem burg, Germany, have invented and useful Improvements in Explosive Compositions, of which the following; is e specification.

The present invention relates to the use of oysnsmids-el 0., eyanemid, dicyandiumicl;

tricyentriemid (melemin), the suits of the said substences with acids or motels for the manufacture of explosives and the explosives containing oysnumids. The object of the said use of the oyansmids consists especially in reducing the temperature of the gases formed by the" detonation of the explosives without diminishing the propelling or blasting power of the explosive. in explosives, as smokeless powder of nitrocellulose or a mite ture of nitroglycerin end nitrocellulose, by the addition of c'ysnemids the temperature of the gases formed by the detonation is dimln; ished, whereby an injury made by the detona'tion to the guns is entirely avoided ordiminished. In mining-explosives the infium motion of fire-damp is avoided by the said sch-- dition of cyunamid or cysnnn iids and e greet safety against mining accidents is obtained. According to the present invention genen ally cynnamids or it sm ls eyansmid or salts of the cyunamids, with acids or metals, may be added to every substance or mixture of sub stances which are capable to be detonated.

- In the following the present invention is de scribed in the Way of example in the use for explosives containing; substances being shleto give oii' oxygen by their decomposition or Cysnernid having the formula. filihlg, dicyendiemid' having the formula Calishh, tricyentrismid (melarnin) having; the formula CnlisNoCOlltillD in hundred parts 28.572 parts carbon, 4.762 parts hydrogen; 66.666 parts compounds to carbon monoxid one atom of oxygen is required for each atom of carbon. One may however, conduct the combustion so that completely or newly-completely osrluon dioxid 13 formed in oxidiz ng dioy'sndiemid according to the equation witl'iont unyrerneinder Irena-one i lent--i. a, from ei ity iour eruid shout-one drool e' d thirty gases are formed e, om one h sixteen. hundred liter w u yenon we liter .o' about .r the addition of L243 kilo eight hundl 1 1 oxygen is required. Prefereblythe sired addition ofoxygen outed bymini eyesumid (dioyendio,mid trieyentristnid} r salts in it suitable proportion with on capable of yielding its d tion. Such salts are, for 'instnnoe, n chloretes, perchlorstes, mengenetee, gene-tee; chrometes'perchrornetes of the elitelies; earth slkulies. or motels, finesse also use any suitable oxygemyieldi 0X"i(i -f0? instance, peroxi One use single salt or oxid or s, mixtureof suits or oxide orperoxids and even e mixture of salts end oxide.

@f the nitrates one may prefeznoly use niof ammonia, Z ne rosy however use any othes nitrate, organic or inorganic. It nitrous acid may be evolved in the explosion 'it is suitable to use more eyenemid (dicysndiemid, tricynntrismid) than Y be oxidized by the oxygen evolved. One em ploys such amount of cysnsmid (dicyendiernid trioyentriamid) that diszo compounds may be formed by the notion of the nitrous acid ongth'e cysnemid (dicyendismid, tricya-ntriumid) may not as s cyanogen guenidin, which is converted by combining with water into guefnylures sud by eornbiningr, with em monis into'big nsnid. The amide groups will be diuzotized by the nitrouseeid evolved in the explosion. "The diezo compounds have a peculinrvelocity of decomposition, which is very useful for the power of the explosive and avoiding en increesing of temperature of ex- @losion. Une uses with ammonium nitrate es oxidizing sgent a larger amount of cyenarnid q, osii'osi $42., e niiouiug proportions: live 0 iifl (or di. mid, tri inety-live to e k Live parts Ill uzu, (ornpproprinle proporum, sodium, lmriuni, calcium,

1 strrlmtium, leash) or no of potassium, (or sirium stronliuuhealeiuni, l HLQYWSiLmL lend, 6 cc.)

plosives eccordinvention is carried out in l or manner to the manufacture of the v the all in one on. fine; u instance, the eomniii'iuted eornpo- 1 her in a dry stzie or after having I CQZlGllZuDCl eomminuleo the mixture,

resultinn' 'xiuros, if reng' been lr n3; he pressed n rzuilnlale Form or may he i loone shit inlo cartridges.

preferably, the cyunlnnid ohj i or treating a. suitable ier inst-azure, leiuni eyu. hot Water and emporzztingthe rei liquid to dryness. ()ne ohtaiuu i Y amixture of eyunmniah Clieyun-zhntz'iamiil. One mu mix bhe blniued hythe said lixiviulion 1e mefiaai ayimaniirls wiu'h lli'ib (mygen-yielnh e completely (luring or alter l cozngioune and bl a or during the u :omnonents.

add the ex;

n oxygen-p, eomnoum e to other exploshes and use the e): nlo lLlTRGZ. For instance, one may use l ,losives an; (illeal addiiional l l l nowler n) (ly Juanita gel to, blunting gelu or such like. llie empioynient of the explosives; is made in bhe usual way. The detonation is; carried. ou s according to the nutm'e of zhe oxygenyielaling sul... tance-for instance, by a lot0- nutor, fuS8,-&C.

may add lo the explosive etheroxidiw uble or C(h'llllllfitlhl organic or inc jnnie subsiunces in order to eonirol fqlae l as, the :neluls of the mirth-ill uni, mugnesiunn Sees-i in the form of now] i; v ,i I

- blo and mineral fats; glue oils, fatt i detonation, creasing of the explosives, as the velocity 02" (letoimtien i or cembuslqion, the power of the explosive,

the ulnso water, 620. 6

Gne may add 40 the e loom H norm-lug be if: metals, R, nhnumn lhepresentiuvention e1 1iy-n:-;

hips, Sue. lso use 2min; e L

neles, i copollium, resinsmnrnishes, lllCS. The skilled workman will select the additions suitable for his e eial purposes. The munufnetureof the explosives is carried outv even "with the additions in the usual manneu especially l adapted for the so-culled safety oxplorsives :hnt are detonated by (.letonalors, mereuryfulminute capsules and such like.

The explosives according fie the. nreuenb invention have when compared with other plosives of the same kind the :ulv'mtag'e of liheratingu very high percentage of nitrogon,

which does not evolve 'the l'm'mution of heat, but absorbs a part of the heat; liberal-ml by the ii tonulion or-comhun i'on. Uue ohluins his Wu; lowering the temperature of the eonihusiion orof the 05 formed by the whereas at the sumo time an inthe explosive power is rruehml. in the g iluee of the eynnzunirls also lhe Hulls of the eyunnmuls, wit/h acids or b85953, may he used either alone or mixed with the uncomhined eyanznuids. (lne may use a single Mill? or 21 mixture of several nulls either with :aehls or bases. By the .V(ii'(l eyunumul :rreording Z10 the present inventioi'i one has to understand oyzmianiid, illlij'llllllllllllllS, QIlCf'ZUltriuniids or the salts with ueiils or buses.

What l claim :15 my ii'ivei'lbion, :mrl (lcfiire to secure by Letters Pal/(nu in l. Explosives containing or zygsrn 'ioh ling compounds and eyunznnid.

2. Explosives containing ammonium nimate (1 eyanemid. X00

3. luzplosives eoni'mnmg om'geu-yielilmg eon'ineumlu, eyzmumiil an! oxidizuble substun-sen. I

4:. lllXplOSH/QH containing zunruoniuni in hate and more cyan ii l than may he oxi- 5 Llized by the oxygen evolved in the explosion.

in witnens whereof l have hereunto signed my name, this ili'th (in of July, 1904:, in the preseneeof two subscribingwiLnessen.

,kllUlllll FRA N K.

Witnesses: 

